Independent exploration

OTHER NETWORKING PROJECTS WORTH KNOWING.

Meshtastic and MeshCore remain our primary focus. These projects live here because they solve adjacent problems in resilient communications, community networking or decentralized infrastructure.

Reticulum apps & tools

BUILD ON TOP OF RETICULUM.

These are not separate radio protocols. They are applications and tools that use the Reticulum ecosystem.

APP

Sideband

A full featured Reticulum client for messaging, voice, files, telemetry and maps across supported desktop and mobile platforms.

APP

MeshChat

Liam Cottle's Reticulum application for LXMF messaging, files, calls, NomadNet pages and propagation-node workflows.

TUI

NomadNet

A terminal-oriented Reticulum/LXMF application for messaging, pages, files and store-and-forward communication.

Broader networking

DIFFERENT TOOLS FOR DIFFERENT NETWORKS.

These projects are not presented as drop-in replacements for Meshtastic, MeshCore, Reticulum or OpenMANET.

WIFI

LibreMesh

An OpenWrt-based framework for building community Wi-Fi mesh networks on supported routers and access points.

IPv6

Yggdrasil

An encrypted, decentralized IPv6 overlay network that can form across LANs, point-to-point links and the Internet.

HAM

AREDN

A high-speed IP mesh platform used by the amateur-radio community for emergency and field networking.

Amateur-radio specific: operating requirements and legal rules differ from license-free consumer mesh projects.

Context matters

KNOW WHAT LAYER YOU ARE LOOKING AT.

Some projects are applications. Some are routing stacks. Some are radio ecosystems. Some build IP networks. We keep them grouped so readers can explore without assuming they all interoperate.